FIN 571 Week 3 Wiley Plus Practice Quiz ( 100% correct )

Question 1
 
The operating cycle

     ends not with the finished goods being sold to customers and the cash collected on the sales; but when you take into account the time taken by the firm to pay for its purchases.
     begins when the firm uses its cash to purchase raw materials and ends when the firm collects cash payments on its credit sales.
     begins when the firm receives the raw materials it purchased that would be used to produce the goods that the firm manufactures.
     To measure operating cycle we need another measure called the days' payables outstanding.


Question 2
 
 
You are provided the following working capital information for the Ridge Company:
Ridge Company
Account    $
   
Inventory    $12,890
Accounts receivable    12,800
Accounts payable    12,670
   
Net sales    $124,589
Cost of goods sold    99,630
Operating cycle: What is the operating cycle for Ridge Company?

     51 days
     47 days
     85 days
     36 days
     

Question 3
 

Ticktock Clocks sells 10,000 alarm clocks each year. If the total cost of placing an order is $65 and it costs $85 per year to carry the alarm clock in inventory, use the EOQ formula to calculate the optimal order size.

     161 clocks
     124 clocks
     26,154 clocks
     15,294 clocks
     

Question 4
 
 
The asset substitution problem occurs when

     managers substitute less risky assets for riskier ones to the detriment of bondholders.
     managers substitute riskier assets for less risky ones to the detriment of bondholders.
     managers substitute riskier assets for less risky ones to the detriment of equity holders.
     managers substitute less risky assets for riskier ones to the detriment of equity holders.
     

Question 5
 

M&M Proposition 1: Dynamo Corp. produces annual cash flows of $150 and is expected to exist forever. The company is currently financed with 75 percent equity and 25 percent debt. Your analysis tells you that the appropriate discount rates are 10 percent for the cash flows, and 7 percent for the debt. You currently own 10 percent of the stock.

How much are your cash flows today?


     $12.38
     $15
     $4.50
     $150
     

Question 6
 
 
M&M Proposition 2: Melba's Toast has a capital structure with 30% debt and 70% equity. Its pretax cost of debt is 6%, and its cost of equity is 10%. The firm's marginal corporate income tax rate is 35%. What is the appropriate WACC?

     8.80%
     8.17%
     6.35%
     7.44%
     

     Question 7
 
 
According to the text, the financial plan covers a period of

     one year.
     three to five years.
     ten years.
     none of these.
     

Question 8
 
The financing plan of a firm will indicate

     the firm's dividend policy, the desired capital structure for the firm, and the firm's working capital policy.
     the dollar amount of funds that has to be raised externally and the sources of funds available to the firm, the desired capital structure for the firm, and the firm's working capital policy.
     the dollar amount of funds that has to be raised externally and the sources of funds available to the firm, the firm's dividend policy, and the firm's working capital policy.
     the dollar amount of funds that has to be raised externally and the sources of funds available to the firm, the desired capital structure for the firm, and the firm's dividend policy.



Question 9
 

Payout and retention ratio: Tradewinds Corp. has revenues of $9,651,220, costs of $6,080,412, interest payment of $511,233, and a tax rate of 34 percent. It paid dividends of $1,384,125 to shareholders. Find the firm's dividend payout ratio and retention ratio.

     25%, 75%
     34%, 66%
     66%, 34%
     69%, 31%